Garment fastener



Get. 1, 1940. WAGENFELD 2,216,712

GARIENT FASTENER Filed Jan. 26, 1938 l /0 L Iliff/5' INVENTOR. F16. 3 BYHQRRY MGENFELD Gama/1, ma Mme,

ATTORNEYS Patented Oct. 1, 1940 UNITED STATES Pnl'rlazlv'll OFFICE Application January 26, 193s, serial No. 187,039

2 claims.

This invention relates to garment fasteners and has for its purpose the production of a new and improved device of this class.

Garment fasteners now in general use have been found objectionable because they either interfere with the pressing or washing of the garment or are deformed or rendered useless in the pressing or washing operation. This has been particularly true of garments such as barbers aprons which must `of necessity be frequently laundered.

It is the objects of this invention to produce a garment fastener which will be simple and sturdy in construction, which will be relatively cheap to manufacture, which will offer a minimum of interference with either the .pressing or washing operation, and which will not be materially affected by either washing or ironing.

I accomplish each and every of the foregoing objects by forming the male and female members of my novel fastener so that all of their elements are in the same plane when the fastening members are interlocked and suspending the male element so that it will be free to either rotate or slide with respect to its bearing member and the remainder of the garment.

The female member preferably takes the form of a loop which may be formed of thread, or metal staples, or their equivalents. The male member preferably takes the form of a flexible pendant element on which a hook is mounted for rotatable and slidable movement. The hook is preferably made of wire and consists of a head member, a shank, and a finger. The head member may be either in the form of a `closed eye, an open eye, a bar, or the equivalent of these elements.

Although my novel fastener may be used in connection with any garment, nevertheless it is of particular value when used with garments wherein one desires tovary the effective size of the opening after joining the two ends together. A barbers apron is illustrative `of this type of garment, since the barber must vary the effective length of the collar band in using the same upon successive customers.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown in the drawing which forms a -part hereof and will now describe one of the many embodiments of my invention.

In said `drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of the upper part of a barbers apron wherein my novel fastener is holding together the free ends of the collar. The remainder of the apron has been broken away to permit the showing of the novel features on as large a scale as possible.

Figure 2 is an enlarged section of a fragment of the apron collar taken along the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged perspective'view of the fragment of the apron carrying the male element of my novel fastener with the end of the apron turned .back and certain portions broken away to show otherwise hidden parts.

Figure 4 is an enlarged perspective View of the male element of my novel fastener and its protective shield detached from the apron. A portion of the shield has been broken away to permit theillustration of the remaining parts with greater clearness.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, wherein similar reference numerals denote similar parts, reference numeral I designates a barbers apron which terminates at its upper end in a collar 2 which has formed thereon the loops or bights 3 and which has attached thereto the male element yof my novel fastener which together with its shield is herein generically designated .by the reference numeral 4. i

The loops or .bights 3 are formed by stitching in the manner well known in the art and for that reason will not be further described here.

The male fastener unit 4 consists of a pendant member 5, a hook member 6 and a shield l.

The pendant member 5 consists of a piece of iiexible cloth folded on itself -to form the arms 9 9. The pendant member 5 has an aperture I2 formed therein through which theshank I3 of the hook member 5 extends.

The hook member 6 is formed of wire bent upon itself at I6 to form the finger I4 and at I'I and I8 to form the shank I3. Each of the free ends of the wire are bent to'form the eyes I5. The shank I3, the finger I4 and the eyes I5 all lie in the same plane.

The shield 1 is made of flexible material, such as cloth, and consists of a main body portion I9 which has an aperture 22 formed therein and which terminates in the turned over tabs 20 and 2 I Although the method of assembling and using my novel garment fastener is believed to be clear from the foregoing description, yet to obviate the possibility of a misunderstanding the following detailed description is here given.

I start with the apron having the loops 3 'formed on the collar, the cloth which will form the pendant member 5, the hook 6, and the cloth which will form the shield l. I insert the finger I4 of the hook through the aperture I2 in the pendant member 5 and push the hook downwardly causing it to assume the position shown in the drawing. (See particularly Figures y2, 3 and 4.)

Then I turn the cloth which constitutes the pendant member 5 causing it to assume the position shown in detail in Figures 2, 3 and 4 wherein it has the two arms 6. I now turn the end 2l of the cloth which will form the shield 'l causing it to assume the position shown in detail in Figures 2 to 4 and insert the free ends I0 of the arms 9 between the inner faces of the body portion I9 and turned over end 2l. of the shield 1 causing the elements to assume their respective positions shown in Figures 2 to 4. 'I'hen I join together the elements i9, 9 9, and 2i by means of the line of stitching Il. I now push the finger I4 of the hook 6 through the aperture 22 formed in the body `portion I9 of the shield 'l and cause the hook 6 to assume its position shown in detail in Figures 2 to 4. Then I turn over the end 20 of the body portion i9 of the shield causing it to assume its position shown in Figure 4. Then I attach the shield to the collar 2 by means of the line of stitching 8. It is to be noted that the line of stitching 8 does not penetrate the arms 9 of the pendant member 5. The member 5 is attached to the remaining elements by the line of stitches II only. v

The above disclosure is to be understood as being by the way oi illustration only and not by the way of limitation, since many changes may be made in the structure herein shown without departing from the spirit of my invention. These changes may include, among other things, the omission of the cover shield; the substitution of equivalents for any of the individual elements here shown; the variation in the specific size and shape of one or more of the component elements; the variation of the size and shape of the hook head or eyes; the use of the fastener on a garment other than that shown; and the use of only one female loop element 3 instead of the plural number here shown. Where only one female loop element is used, the garment opening would not be adjustable as to size since there would be only a single aperture 23 to receive vthe finger lll. The foregoing are j, only some of the many changes which might suggest themselves to those skilled in the art in the light of my disclosure. It is therefore my desire that the claims which are hereunto appended for the purpose of dening my invention should be limited only by the prior art.

I claim: v

l. In a garment, having a slit therein in at least a part thereof forming two ends which are to be detachably attached together and having a loop positioned upon one of said ends said loop serving as the female member of means for detachably attaching said ends together, a male member for cooperating with said female member to detachably attach said free edges together, said male member comprising the other of said ends as a base member; a flexible pendant tubular member attached at one of its ends only to said base member and unattached at any other point of said exible pendant tubular member to Said base member; anaperture formed in the wall of said iiexile pendant tubular member at a point removed from said point of attachment; and a hook carried by said flexible pendant tubular member, said hook comprising a head larger in cross-section than said aperture and smaller in width than the width of said flexible pendant tubular member, a shank smaller in cross-section than said aperture, and a finger, said head positioned Within said flexible pendant tubular member and not attached to said flexible pendant tubular member, said finger positioned on the outside of said iiexible pendant tubular member and said shank extending from said head and slidably through said aperture, said head, shank, and finger being all in the same plane.

2. In a garment, having a slit therein in at least a part thereof forming two ends which are to be detachably attached together and having a loop positioned upon one of said ends said loop serving as the female member of means for detachably attaching said ends together, a male member for cooperating with said female member to detachably attach said free edges together, said male member comprising the other of said ends as a base member; a flexible pendant tubular member comprising a piece of cloth doubled upon itself and positioned upon one face only of said base member; means attaching one of the ends only of said flexible pendant tubular member to said base member at a point removed from the free edge of said base member and leaving the remainder of said flexible pendant tubular member unattached to said base member; an aperture formed in the wall of said flexible pendant tubular member at the free end thereofg. a shield, having an aperture formed therein, overlying said flexible pendant tubular member and attached to said base member but not attached to the unattached portion of said flexile pendant tubular member; and a hook carried by said flexible pendant tubular member, said hook comprising a head larger Yin crosssection than said aperture and smaller in width than the width of said exible pendant tubular member, a shank smaller in cross-section than said aperture, and a finger, said head positioned within and not attached to said exible pendant tubular member, said finger positioned on the outside of said iexible pendant tubular member and on the outside of said shield, and said shank extending from said head and slidable through said flexible tubular member aperture and said shield aperture, said head, shank and finger being all in the same plane.

HARRY WAGENFELD. 

